Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb grind_away
1 sense of grind away
Sense 1
cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone -- (study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam")
=> study, hit the books -- (learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now")